Azerbaijan will hold the IV Islamic Solidarity Games in 2017. The agreement was signed on April 7 between Azerbaijan and the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation.
The document was signed by the Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov and the President of the Islamic Sports Federation, Youth and Sports Minister of Saudi Arabia, President of the Olympic Committee of this country, Prince Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Bin Mosaad Al-Saud.
The procedure for voting on the location of the IV Islamic Solidarity Games was held in Jeddah on 23-24 July 2013. The vote was attended by the Olympic Committees of the Members of the Islamic Sports Federation.
The banner of the Federation was transferred to Azerbaijan during the opening ceremony of the III Islamic Solidarity Games in the Indonesian city of Palambang on September 22, 2013.
The Islamic Solidarity Games will be held in May 2017. The program includes competitions in 20 sports. Participants will be placed in the Athletic Village built for the European Games of 2015.
With regard to the budget of the Islamic Solidarity Games, Azad Rahimov believes that talking about it is still too early. At the same time, in contrast to the European Games, members of the Islamic Solidarity Games shall pay the costs themselves. According to Rahimov, the budget of the Islamic Games will not be so large.
According to him, the Islamic Games will bring together more than one hundred Azerbaijani sportsmen. "As hosts of the Games, we will try to participate in all the sports and organize the cultural program," said Rahimov. -03B-
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